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OOMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 801 WEST FRANKLIN STREET RI(;'IIMOND, VIRGINIA une
Friday, November IS, 1968 Tel. 368-7081, Ext. 3M
oane, SGA treasurer, resigns,
ims charges at executive body
elephone calls said
ped; Norcutt denies
report, blasts author
Emest Roane, SGA treasurer, has
Jlliped because of what he tenned
"inqularities" in the executive branch
oflile SGA.
"I don't feel that in good
COIIJCience 1 can go along with the
paent policies and actions of the SGA
IeIdm, .. he said, adding that he felt it
necessary to devote more time to his
studies. Roane, Psych4 Richmond, has
to en ter the doctoral program
Psychology to be offered here for
the fint time in September.
bought for use by the SGA with the
au th oriza tio n of Richard L.
MacDougall, dean of men. Norcutt said
he did not know whether MacDougall
was aware of the purchase, also, of the
device used to record phone calls.
MacDougall was not available for
comment W ay.
As treasu r, Roane served as
chainnan of the Budget Committee. He
said there had been problems in
(Continued On Page 4)
Ernest Roane
SGA budget proposals
to be decided Sunday
I• n emergency sess•i on
By Barbara Shifflett
There will be a special emergency
session of the Student Government
Association Sunday night at 7 p.m. to
approve budgets for the clubs and
organizations on campus.
Ernest Roane, SGA treasurer,
announced his resignation earlierr this
week, (See related story on this page),
leaving the formulated budget
committee without a chainnan.
Without a chainnan, the committee
cannot function and the budget of
clubs and organizations cannot be
approved.
In light of the problem, the Student
Congress took action this week to
enact the emergency clause of the
constitution which allows the President
of Ihe SGA to act as a budget
committee.
In a letter to the editor (published
foil on page 2) Roane charged that
devices are being used to
conveaations of people who call
to the SGA office."
John Norcutt, SGA president, said
device had been used twice to tape
__ hnr .. , conversations. Once, when
Landscape model complete
for Shafer street mall
SGA president, John Norcutt,
outlined the steps which he said he
would take in- allocating the SGA's
$73,997 budget.
1. Every club and organization
submits its request.
2. Norcutt will review each request
3. All groups could request a
hearing or discu$sion prior to Tbunday
to discuss the budget.
4. Norcutt will draft and distribute
with the device, II
rccmveaalion with Ronda Kruger, SGA
was taped, Norcutt said.
was made of the
I..IIlIDoum:emlent of the time by phone,
Norcutt said that recordings
never been made without the other
Applications
for degrees
due Feb. 15
The degree application deadline for
prGIpective June gradltates has been set
{or Feb. IS, 1969.
There is a $11 graduation fee. This
coven cap and gown rental and degree
COlts.
Attendance for the June graduation
ceremony is compulsory for
graduation. Exception is made only
with the consent of the graduate's
department head and the dean of his
lChool
Oy KlIy ;)nuth
Shafer Street, an asphalt avenue for
student traffic, will soon be
transformed into a tree-filled, grassy
mall serving as the focal point of the
campus.
A scale model entitled "Shafer
Green", designed by a local
architectura1 firm, has been released by
the ad hoc committee established last
June by Dr. Roland Nelson, fonner
president of RPI. Its purpose was "to
consider the uses and improvement of
Shafer Street."
In an effort to do away with the
"street'~unage. the model features four
grassy areas, situated along the mall,
which slope from a height of five feet
to ground level The elevations will give
the mall a look of privacy when viewed
from either end without actually
closing off the area with physical
barriers, explained Charles Renick,
assistan t dean of the school of art and
chainnan of the committee.
A small pool is planned for the area
in fron t of the Administration
building. Benches and lighting will be
placed along the mall Existing trees
Television program
on VCU discontinued
Por the last two academic years, the
IChool has presented a program on
d educational TV, channel 23, but this
Year, Ule Thu($day nigh t program has
!II been discontinued.
'il . According to William O. Edwards,
director of development, his office nO
Iooger has the time to devote to the
program because of an increased work
load.
.In} letter to WCVE-TV, Edwards
~, Presently there is not available in
Ibis office, Or other areas of the
univemty, Itaff time for the co­~
din.atlon this program requires. While
recommend that we continue the
Pf<lglam with co-ordination, we are
IlDabie to obtain the needed staff in
Order to relieve the University of its
~~ .. "
./
A srou P of ItudenU organized
during the summer tried to continue
the program under the name "VCU
Presents" but after one program, the
universi~y and TV station decided to
discontinue the program because no
administration or faculty members
were involved in its presentation.
According to Edwards, the
pro g ram ~ req u ired several days
preparation by llis office. Program
presen tations came from vanous
departments on campus and covered
such topics as ,ocial work, fine a:ts,
history, rehabilitation counschn g,
sc ulpturin g, mu~ic. cng ln ~e tln s
t.echnolollY, and drama. .
Edwards also said, "The Office 0\
Development has not cle»ed the door
entirely to continuing tlus program,
provided we can get the a>81stance we
need to continue it."
are incorporated into the design, and includes Mrs. J. B. Gladding, dean 01
several more will be planted. women; W.O. Edwards, director of
The type of pavement has not yet development; M. I. Wallace, head of
been decided upon. Cobblestone, buildings and grounds; and John
paving blocks and the present asphalt Norcutt, president of the Student
surface are being considered. They will Government Association.
probably be the most expensive part of Meetings we~e held ~o ~~~ss
the project, Renick said. financing the proJect, public u~ties
Several "kiosks" are planned for the problems, access of emergency vehIcles
area in front of the Hibbs building. The to the area and the lighting system.
mobile, six-sided booths will serve as Wallace issued a report on limiting
cen ters for ticket sales, club factors of the project, none of which
solicitations, and posting campus news. were tenned a hindrance. A city
The committee headed by Renick, (Co.ntinued On Page 4)
Scale Model of 'Shafer Green' Designed by Local Architect
Plan Calls Por Shrubbery, Ticket Booths, Pool
5. The joint session of the SGA,
which will meet Sunday night, will
then approve, disapprove or change
Norcutt's recommendations.
Norcutt commented that clubs and
organizations should be present at the
special session if they have questions
concerning their appropriations.
The SGA president said the clubs
and organizations were told that they
could spend up to last year's allocation
until the budgets were approved.
He added that many of the groups
needed to know what their overall
budget will be in order to set up their
programS.
Commenting on the budgets,
Norcutt said, "We're at a point now
where any further delay in expediting
our btldget recommendations will have
a damaging effect on' the operation of
all the organizations which are
(Continued On Page 4)
Board to hear
design report
next week
First progress reports on the
development of a total univemty
identification system will be presented
to the Board of Visitors Thursday.
Schecter & Luth, drafting firm
con tracted by VCU to design a school
seal, letterheads for stationery, and
oilIer school insignia for the university,
ha.< been working on the project a little
over a month.
,·It is my judgment that evidence of
work of Ule group w:ill be available
shortly after the first of the year," said
William O. Edwards, director of
develop men t.
The company conducted interviews
willI faculty, udministJ1ltion, students
and alunUli to get opinions of what
should be included in the designs. They
are now in the process of drawing up
plans from ideas presen ted.
Edwards said the school had
presented the tum with c.opies of many
of tJ.e school's publications to aid in
planning the design.

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

OOMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 801 WEST FRANKLIN STREET RI(;'IIMOND, VIRGINIA une
Friday, November IS, 1968 Tel. 368-7081, Ext. 3M
oane, SGA treasurer, resigns,
ims charges at executive body
elephone calls said
ped; Norcutt denies
report, blasts author
Emest Roane, SGA treasurer, has
Jlliped because of what he tenned
"inqularities" in the executive branch
oflile SGA.
"I don't feel that in good
COIIJCience 1 can go along with the
paent policies and actions of the SGA
IeIdm, .. he said, adding that he felt it
necessary to devote more time to his
studies. Roane, Psych4 Richmond, has
to en ter the doctoral program
Psychology to be offered here for
the fint time in September.
bought for use by the SGA with the
au th oriza tio n of Richard L.
MacDougall, dean of men. Norcutt said
he did not know whether MacDougall
was aware of the purchase, also, of the
device used to record phone calls.
MacDougall was not available for
comment W ay.
As treasu r, Roane served as
chainnan of the Budget Committee. He
said there had been problems in
(Continued On Page 4)
Ernest Roane
SGA budget proposals
to be decided Sunday
I• n emergency sess•i on
By Barbara Shifflett
There will be a special emergency
session of the Student Government
Association Sunday night at 7 p.m. to
approve budgets for the clubs and
organizations on campus.
Ernest Roane, SGA treasurer,
announced his resignation earlierr this
week, (See related story on this page),
leaving the formulated budget
committee without a chainnan.
Without a chainnan, the committee
cannot function and the budget of
clubs and organizations cannot be
approved.
In light of the problem, the Student
Congress took action this week to
enact the emergency clause of the
constitution which allows the President
of Ihe SGA to act as a budget
committee.
In a letter to the editor (published
foil on page 2) Roane charged that
devices are being used to
conveaations of people who call
to the SGA office."
John Norcutt, SGA president, said
device had been used twice to tape
__ hnr .. , conversations. Once, when
Landscape model complete
for Shafer street mall
SGA president, John Norcutt,
outlined the steps which he said he
would take in- allocating the SGA's
$73,997 budget.
1. Every club and organization
submits its request.
2. Norcutt will review each request
3. All groups could request a
hearing or discu$sion prior to Tbunday
to discuss the budget.
4. Norcutt will draft and distribute
with the device, II
rccmveaalion with Ronda Kruger, SGA
was taped, Norcutt said.
was made of the
I..IIlIDoum:emlent of the time by phone,
Norcutt said that recordings
never been made without the other
Applications
for degrees
due Feb. 15
The degree application deadline for
prGIpective June gradltates has been set
{or Feb. IS, 1969.
There is a $11 graduation fee. This
coven cap and gown rental and degree
COlts.
Attendance for the June graduation
ceremony is compulsory for
graduation. Exception is made only
with the consent of the graduate's
department head and the dean of his
lChool
Oy KlIy ;)nuth
Shafer Street, an asphalt avenue for
student traffic, will soon be
transformed into a tree-filled, grassy
mall serving as the focal point of the
campus.
A scale model entitled "Shafer
Green", designed by a local
architectura1 firm, has been released by
the ad hoc committee established last
June by Dr. Roland Nelson, fonner
president of RPI. Its purpose was "to
consider the uses and improvement of
Shafer Street."
In an effort to do away with the
"street'~unage. the model features four
grassy areas, situated along the mall,
which slope from a height of five feet
to ground level The elevations will give
the mall a look of privacy when viewed
from either end without actually
closing off the area with physical
barriers, explained Charles Renick,
assistan t dean of the school of art and
chainnan of the committee.
A small pool is planned for the area
in fron t of the Administration
building. Benches and lighting will be
placed along the mall Existing trees
Television program
on VCU discontinued
Por the last two academic years, the
IChool has presented a program on
d educational TV, channel 23, but this
Year, Ule Thu($day nigh t program has
!II been discontinued.
'il . According to William O. Edwards,
director of development, his office nO
Iooger has the time to devote to the
program because of an increased work
load.
.In} letter to WCVE-TV, Edwards
~, Presently there is not available in
Ibis office, Or other areas of the
univemty, Itaff time for the co­~
din.atlon this program requires. While
recommend that we continue the
Pf81stance we
need to continue it."
are incorporated into the design, and includes Mrs. J. B. Gladding, dean 01
several more will be planted. women; W.O. Edwards, director of
The type of pavement has not yet development; M. I. Wallace, head of
been decided upon. Cobblestone, buildings and grounds; and John
paving blocks and the present asphalt Norcutt, president of the Student
surface are being considered. They will Government Association.
probably be the most expensive part of Meetings we~e held ~o ~~~ss
the project, Renick said. financing the proJect, public u~ties
Several "kiosks" are planned for the problems, access of emergency vehIcles
area in front of the Hibbs building. The to the area and the lighting system.
mobile, six-sided booths will serve as Wallace issued a report on limiting
cen ters for ticket sales, club factors of the project, none of which
solicitations, and posting campus news. were tenned a hindrance. A city
The committee headed by Renick, (Co.ntinued On Page 4)
Scale Model of 'Shafer Green' Designed by Local Architect
Plan Calls Por Shrubbery, Ticket Booths, Pool
5. The joint session of the SGA,
which will meet Sunday night, will
then approve, disapprove or change
Norcutt's recommendations.
Norcutt commented that clubs and
organizations should be present at the
special session if they have questions
concerning their appropriations.
The SGA president said the clubs
and organizations were told that they
could spend up to last year's allocation
until the budgets were approved.
He added that many of the groups
needed to know what their overall
budget will be in order to set up their
programS.
Commenting on the budgets,
Norcutt said, "We're at a point now
where any further delay in expediting
our btldget recommendations will have
a damaging effect on' the operation of
all the organizations which are
(Continued On Page 4)
Board to hear
design report
next week
First progress reports on the
development of a total univemty
identification system will be presented
to the Board of Visitors Thursday.
Schecter & Luth, drafting firm
con tracted by VCU to design a school
seal, letterheads for stationery, and
oilIer school insignia for the university,
ha.< been working on the project a little
over a month.
,·It is my judgment that evidence of
work of Ule group w:ill be available
shortly after the first of the year" said
William O. Edwards, director of
develop men t.
The company conducted interviews
willI faculty, udministJ1ltion, students
and alunUli to get opinions of what
should be included in the designs. They
are now in the process of drawing up
plans from ideas presen ted.
Edwards said the school had
presented the tum with c.opies of many
of tJ.e school's publications to aid in
planning the design.